Paul Koppel is the Firm’s Head of ERISA. He regularly advises clients regarding a broad range of ERISA and executive compensation matters, including ERISA issues for alternative investment funds and financial institutions, advising fund sponsors on the application of ERISA to funds that include retirement plan investments and advising private equity funds and hedge funds on the issues that arise in connection with pension plan investors, and advising on compliance with ERISA’s fiduciary requirements when ERISA plan assets are being managed.

Paul has represented clients before federal government agencies, including the Department of Labor, the SEC, the IRS and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Sudi is a VP in the ESG Advisory practice at Corbin Advisors. In this role, Sudi leverages his 15+ years of experience in Capital Markets and ESG to advise companies on developing strategies and communications that integrate value creation, innovation, and sustainability. Prior to joining Corbin, he was the founder-consultant at Guru Advisory, LLC, which provided data-backed advisory at the nexus of Investor Relations and ESG. In prior roles he built and managed two profitable businesses targeting issuer clients in North and South America at IHS Markit (part of S&P).

Sudi has advised IROs and C-suite in three continents and has collaborated with colleagues across four. He has authored thought leadership and has been an invited speaker conferences in North and South America.

Sudi is an FSA (SASB) credential holder and has an MBA from the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester.

Gabrielle Wolf is a Director of Innisfree M&A Incorporated. Ms. Wolf advises companies and investors on all aspects of shareholder engagement, with a focus on proxy contests, shareholder activism, hostile and friendly acquisitions, contested shareholder meetings, ESG and other proxy solicitation matters.
Prior to joining Innisfree, Ms. Wolf was an attorney specializing in mergers and acquisitions at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where she represented public companies in connection with preparing for and successfully defending against shareholder activists engaging in contested proxy solicitations, unsolicited acquisition proposals and other contests for corporate control. At Skadden, Ms. Wolf also advised clients on M&A transactions and corporate governance matters.
Ms. Wolf graduated magna cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University, with a B.A. in American History and a minor in Germanic Studies, and earned a J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar as well as a Note Editor for the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. Ms. Wolf is a member of The Phi Beta Kappa Society.

Chris is a systems-thinking data driven ESG Leader dedicated to helping OneTrust achieve true net positive impacts across its scope of influence. Chris has a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Drexel University, and a Masters in Sustainability Leadership from Arizona State University’s College of Global Futures and has worked in global EHS And Sustainability roles across a wide variety of manufacturing industries and organizations.

Sandy Peters, CFA, is head of financial reporting policy and serves as spokesperson for CFA Institute to key financial reporting standard setters including the IASB, FASB, and the US Securities and Exchange Commission. She holds the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation.

Sarah Jones is Co-Head of the Americas Corporate practice of Clifford Chance and is the Head of our global Consumer Goods group. Sarah has extensive experience in advising multinational corporations on high profile, complex, cross-border M&A in particular in the consumer goods sector.
Sarah regularly provides advice on the establishment and ongoing conduct of joint ventures in a wide variety of industries.
Sarah has been a partner with the firm since 2001 and has been based in its New York office since 2006. She is admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales and to the New York Bar.

Bruce is responsible for delivering technical advice to investors on MSCI’s Climate Solutions tools and data sets for investment decision making, risk management, reporting and engagement.  His previous work experience includes Climate Change Investment Research, Institutional Portfolio Management and Wealth Management, as well as E&S Risk assessments at firms such as Citibank, Deutsche Bank, Macquarie and SICM.  His work has covered various themes including clean tech, real estate, water, and agricultural-based investment strategies as well as ESG/SRI strategies.  He also serves as a Trustee and Chair of the Finance Committee of the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation, and previously was a Member of the Board of the US SIF, Board Member and Treasurer of Confluence Philanthropy, and as a trustee and member of the finance committee of the Jesse Smith Noyes Foundation. Bruce earned a PhD in Land Resources from University of Wisconsin, Madison, an MS in Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures from Auburn University, and a BA in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Connecticut.

John Miller joined Cowen Washington Research Group in September 2021 and covers ESG and sustainability policy. Mr. Miller previously served as a vice president and senior ESG research analyst at Calvert Research and Management, part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where he developed and built a quantitative, company-level ESG risk/reward assessment framework targeted towards the global energy and utility sectors. Mr. Miller also worked at the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as branch chief in the Office of Enforcement, Division of Analytics and Surveillance. Earlier, he served as Technical and Policy Advisor to a FERC commissioner and as an energy analyst in FERC’s Office of Enforcement.

Mr. Miller holds a B.A. in economic history and political science from The George Washington University, and a Master’s in global history from The London School of Economics and Political Science, where he focused on developmental economics. John also holds the Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting certification, which is granted by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB).

Steve Nickelsburg is a Partner in Clifford Chance with broad experience in internal investigations, government enforcement matters, and complex civil litigation. He represents and advises corporate clients, sovereign and multilateral institutions, and individuals in cases with cross-border implications, including anticorruption, economic sanctions, anti-money laundering, unfair competition, and intellectual property theft, as well as matters involving human rights claims and sovereign immunity. Steve also advises multinational companies on litigation and transactional risk assessment, risk mitigation strategies, and compliance measures.

Steve is a member of Clifford Chance’s global Business and Human Rights Risk team, Global ESG Board, and a member of the Vance Center Committee of The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice.

Tejal joined the SOC Investment Group in 2016, where she has focused on corporate accountability and shareholder advocacy.  Prior to the SOC, Tejal was a Senior Associate at Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), where she worked with asset owners and asset managers in the development and implementation of their proxy voting guidelines.  Before ISS, Tejal was an Associate at a Connecticut-based law firm, where she represented institutional lenders in a variety of commercial finance transactions and advised public and private companies on securities law related matters.  She currently serves as a board member for the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) and previously served on the U.S. Asset Owners Advisory Council from 2019-2021.  She holds a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law and a MSc. from the London School of Economics.

Ben Maiden is the editor-at-large of Corporate Secretary, having joined the company in December 2016. He is based in New York. He had previously been managing editor of Compliance Reporter since January 2007, covering regulatory and compliance issues affecting broker-dealers and asset management firms. Before that, Ben was editor of International Financial Law Review and IFLR’s Americas editor, working in London and New York.

Steve Wade is a content researcher and conference producer at IR Magazine where he is responsible for crowd-sourcing intelligence on the big global issues facing investor relations. Steve also creates events where the IROs and the wider financial community can discuss, debate and learn about ways to develop the IR function.

Prior to IR Magazine, Steven’s background has been in corporate social responsibility and responsible investment. During his time at Ethical Corporation (now Reuters Events), Steve launched the ESG symposium, an event focused on connecting the socially responsible investment community with corporate sustainability leaders at listed companies. Steve was a judge for the Deloitte Green Frog Awards, celebrating the best corporate reporting in Eastern Europe. Steve also presented research at the Global Sustainable Event Summit in London and has spoken about extra-financial reporting with the United Nations Global Compact, the World Bank and the Polish Ministry of Finance.

Steve has a degree in Event Management and enjoys playing rugby in his spare time.